Chapter 31: The Change of Courtiers

Midsummer has passed, but the hot and sultry weather has not faded, the autumn tiger ravaged everyone's hearts are very irritable, only late at night when the heat is buried in the dust, the slightest cool breeze blows, everyone really feels that autumn has come.

In the dark of early autumn, there are still a few vendors on the side of the street, holding a large spoon in their hands and stirring the soup while greeting the few pedestrians who pass by.

At this moment, a person slowly walked from the darkness of the street corner, dressed in red and black-haired, with a slender and tall figure, which was particularly outstanding in this night when there were few people.

The peddler saw that this man was a little familiar, and stretched out his head and pulled his neck to look, but when the man's long legs crossed the stall, his eyes flashed by the light, and he raised his hand to cover his forehead, so although the vendor and the man were separated by a stall, they were stunned and did not see his appearance clearly.

However, looking at the appearance of his feet floating, this person obviously drank a lot.

A few passers-by saw him staggering, and they dodged away, and some even looked back to see who this man with good looks and posture was, and after seeing his appearance clearly, several people were shocked, this, isn't this the ninth prince?!

This drunkard is Qi Yu.

It has been more than four months since the Jinling refugee case ended, and during this period, Xu was afraid of the Nine Princes who did not play cards according to common sense, or he was afraid of the angry emperor.

Soon after the official department was demoted to Lingnan, and soon after the position of the official was vacant, the original official Shen Guofeng successfully promoted the first-grade official rank, from the fourth-grade waiter to the third-grade Shangshu, and he also became the only official in the six ministries who did not fall to the prime minister Xu Tao.

It stands to reason that at this time, Xu Tao should aim all the spearheads at Shen Guofeng, unite the ministers to pressure and isolate, and take back the Shangshu position as soon as possible. But this time he was distracted, because the position of Dali Siqing was still vacant.

If the position of the highest prison chief in charge of the nation's cases is not replaced by his henchman, he will not feel at ease for a day.

In the past four months, Xu Tao and the ministers have asked for a request every day (saying that it is a request, and its practical persecution is not an exaggeration) The emperor will be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple Du Ruofu as the secretary of Dali Temple as soon as possible, which lists a series of glorious deeds of Du Shaoqing in recent years, as well as the disadvantages of Dali Temple without an owner for a day, but the emperor has repeatedly refused to replace his original position with no one on the throne.

Xu Tao and the ministers understood the little trick behind the emperor, not to mention that it was not easy to get Fang Tianzhi down, and they didn't want to return the power of Dali Temple to them too easily.

So in desperation, both sides took a step back, and the original Dali Temple, that is, the fourth prince, Qi Zhen, was promoted to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the top was vacant.

When Qi Zhen became the Shaoqing, the ministers sighed one after another, thinking about an idle prince who did not have the support of his mother's family and waited for death to be motivated, what were they afraid of,

So on the night of Dali Siqing's accession to the throne, Xu Tao and other ministers privately held a banquet to pick up the star building, happy and drunk for a night, and the criminal department Shangshu also patted his ass and said with a smile, "We all said that his emperor's wings were stiff, and he wanted to use this to cultivate a group of his own forces to consolidate the royal power, but he dragged us for so long, just a mouthful of resentment that had been accumulated for many years, hahaha." But they didn't expect that in the end, it happened to be this idle prince who "didn't seek progress" to break them down.

Look at the other side, our God of War Nine Princes:

In the first two months, due to his injury, he was forced by Qi Zhen in the house, not allowed to go out, recuperating with peace of mind, and panicking out of boredom.

finally got almost healed, but the weather gradually became hotter, Qi Yu's body temperature was high and he was not heat-resistant, and the whole person who was forced by the weather was uncomfortable and irritable, and his temper was getting worse and worse.

Later, I heard that Qunfanglou had transported some green plum wine to relieve the heat, so I wanted to taste it, and I happened to be able to talk to the girls, but at this time, Su Jingchen hurriedly rushed back to Lin'an because of "something happened to the teacher", Qi Zhen was too busy when he first took the position, and he went home to visit his parents again, and even Shen Feinan repeatedly refused to go out with him on the grounds that the imperial examination was about to be reopened, and he wanted to prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Qi Yu is really, I want to cry without tears.

However~ Qi Yu is the kind of person who can stay in the house without someone he knows, and there are really not many opportunities for him to be unrestrained in a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Qi Yu happily entered the Qunfang Building with Yin Liang in mind.

It is also a coincidence that at this time, Qunfanglou has a new batch of geisha dancers, one of whom is a pink-clothed girl named Tao Yao, who is particularly handsome and beautiful, and her tone is soft and glutinous.

So, this half moon he is beautiful in his arms, with wine in his hand, lingering in the flowers and laughing at Tao Yao every day, and he is very happy, and bluntly said, "Tao Yao died in his arms, and he was also a ghost." ”

Qi Yu stepped into the Nine Kings' Mansion, staggered to the bedroom, and waited until his body was patted on the bed, and then exhaled violently: I really drank too much tonight, although this green plum wine is not as intoxicating as bamboo leaves, drinking too much still gives people a headache.

It didn't take long for him to feel a hand on his cheek, and then slowly moved to his waist and slowly pulled off his belt.

Qi Yu's consciousness was a little blurred, thinking that he was still in Qunfanglou, so he opened the hand in front of him and said with a whining: "Get out, this king's robe is also something you can unravel." ”

The person in front of him laughed, and it turned out to be a man's voice: "What's the matter, Xiao Jiu's belt can't be untied by the fourth brother now?" ”

Qi Yu tried to open his eyes wide, and saw that the blurred figure in front of him gradually became clear, and the first thing that caught his eye was a pair of bright and beautiful peach blossom eyes, who else would it be if it wasn't Qi Zhen, "Fourth brother, why are you here?" ”

Qi Zhen took off his robe, turned around and fed him a glass of water: "Fourth brother has been here for a long time, tonight Dali Temple just finished busy listening to Uncle Wu (the housekeeper of Jiuwang Mansion) said that you came back full of alcohol for half a month, so I came to see what happened to you." ”

"Oh." Qi Yu replied groggyly.

"You, it's really not okay if no one cares, I can tell you, Marshal Chen is coming back soon, and when he comes back to listen to your affair in Shangjing, he will definitely punish you well."

Hearing this, Qi Yu's mushy mind flashed a trace of clarity, and then patted his forehead in annoyance: It's over.

Qi Zhen was amused when he saw him like this: "Now you only know that you are afraid when you mention Marshal Chen." ”

"Forget it, it's useless to just beat me, get used to it." Qi Yu just regretted it for two seconds and thought about it, "Whatever." ”

Then seeing what Qi Zhen wanted to say, he raised his arm and grabbed the wrist of the person in front of him, pulled him to himself, and with a side turn, Qi Zhen fell to the inside of the bed.

Qi Yu's palm was placed on Qi Zhen's waist: "Fourth brother, I'm really sleepy, let's talk about something tomorrow, huh?" ”

Qi Zhen was startled, struggling to get up, but seeing that Qi Yu had closed his eyes and fell asleep, he sighed, today he was also busy from early morning to night, he was really a little tired, just sleep like this.

So he lay down gently, closed his eyes and said, "Good night......